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Long term TV shows

October 16th, 2010

It’s amazing how a TV series can be so old, yet still have such a huge following. The Simpsons and Friends are always good for a quick laugh if you need something to watch, and the jokes don’t seem to get old (probably because there are so many of them). They are still two programs that I look for in the evenings when I have a free moment and nothing else is on.

Even so, I still think it’s time that The Simpsons calls it a day. The episodes are still funny, but it’s been on a downward trend for some time now. It would be a shame to keep going until it eventually became a joke itself. The show has been brilliant at poking fun at people along the way, but the jokes have become progressively less funny.

If they don’t want to stop the show, then perhaps they should think about its direction and give it a bit of a makeover. I’m not talking about going 3D or anything, but a shake up (perhaps in the writing department) could make a difference. You can tell the show is in a bit of trouble when it seems to rely on guest stars to sell itself rather than just hte quality of the episodes.

The same can be said for Scrubs, which seems to have become a pure money making scheme, without most of the original cast.

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Which fast food restaurant?

October 16th, 2010

It’s one of the major questions that many of us are faced with at some point or another – McDonalds, Burger King of Subway? They all have good things about them, but my favourite is McDonalds, and here’s why.

Burger King

Every now and again I enjoy eating a Burger King, but the quality just doesn’t seem to be the same as McDonalds. The burgers are nice, but taste a lot more artificial. The chips are very plain and don’t have a lot of flavour, and this is one area where BK is definitely let down. The sauces also don’t tend to be as nice, which is a problem considering the chips aren’t that great in the first place.

Subway

Subway serves different kinds of food to the other to, but is still classified as a fast food restaurant. I like how you can choose different options and the type of bread, but the choices are actually fairly limited – mainly because many of the toppings are almost inedible. The meatball mariner sub, however, is one of my favourites. I also always seem to spend more money when I go to a Subway than one of the other two, so it certainly isn’t my favourite. There are so many Subways around these days that it can be difficult to avoid them though!

McDonalds

McDonalds provide a good mix of cheap food that’s nice to eat. They also have a large selection of different foods available, and the chips are great. The sauces also seem to be a lot nicer than those from Burger King.

So what are your favourite fast food places? Do you go there regularly? I probably have 2 or 3 McDonalds a month, but I try to keep it to a minimum. The fact that there’s one of their restaurants just down the road from me probably doesn’t help!

It’s one of the major questions that many of us are faced with at some point or another – McDonalds, Burger King of Subway? They all have good things about them, but my favourite is McDonalds, and here’s why.

Burger King

Every now and again I enjoy eating a Burger King, but the quality just doesn’t seem to be the same as McDonalds. The burgers are nice, but taste a lot more artificial. The chips are very plain and don’t have a lot of flavour, and this is one area where BK is definitely let down. The sauces also don’t tend to be as nice, which is a problem considering the chips aren’t that great in the first place.

Subway

Subway serves different kinds of food to the other to, but is still classified as a fast food restaurant. I like how you can choose different options and the type of bread, but the choices are actually fairly limited – mainly because many of the toppings are almost inedible. The meatball mariner sub, however, is one of my favourites. I also always seem to spend more money when I go to a Subway than one of the other two, so it certainly isn’t my favourite. There are so many Subways around these days that it can be difficult to avoid them though!

McDonalds

McDonalds provide a good mix of cheap food that’s nice to eat. They also have a large selection of different foods available, and the chips are great. The sauces also seem to be a lot nicer than those from Burger King.

So what are your favourite fast food places? Do you go there regularly? I probably have 2 or 3 McDonalds a month, but I try to keep it to a minimum. The fact that there’s one of their restaurants just down the road from me probably doesn’t help!

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Inception: Review

October 16th, 2010

The film Inception received rave reviews from many people, and while it was a good film, I’m not sure it deserved the reception it got. It was complicated and difficult to watch, which isn’t a bad thing as it keeps you thinking the whole time, but there were parts of it that didn’t add up. Also, the cliffhanger ending seemed like a lazy way out – it should have had a proper ending.

Firstly, I enjoyed the complex plot and the way you had to really concentrate to understand what’s going on. It’s definitely not a film you could watch to relax, but for one that gets your mind going its perfect. I’m not a big fan of mindless films, so in that respect it was very enjoyable.

The stunts and special effects were also brilliant. There wasn’t a time where I thought “that looks fake”, even when everything in a dream was going crazy. Special effects are generally very good these days so that’s what you’d expect from a big budget film, but in this case it works especially well.

The ending was a letdown though. If you haven’t seen it already, DON’T read any further……!

The spinner should of fallen or stayed up without wobbling, leaving it like that just cheated the viewer of knowing what happened. It’s not a stroke of genius and it’s definitely not a sign of a “classic” film, it’s just annoying. I suspect that it is in some way leaving the door open for a sequel, but it never should have been left like that.

Also, there were inconsistencies in the dreams. Maybe I just don’t understand, but at the end when the van lurched in the second dream, causing gravity to change in the third, why was there no effect in the fourth? That’s one of the major problems with the film – the script writers basically gave themselves free reign to write whatever they wanted, as the “rules” of dreams weren’t explained well enough to be understood fully. Maybe it’s just me, but I wanted a bit more detail on how the dreams worked and why they worked the way they did.

It’s not a bad film, in fact I really enjoyed it. I just don’t think it lived up to the huge hype that surrounded it, and definitely shouldn’t be called one of the great films of all time.